Belhaven News

North Carolina-- Just in time for Tropical Storm number two Gov. Bev Perdue has proclaimed May 27 - June 2 as Hurricane Preparedness Week.

Five Belhaven women received the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine during the Belhaven General Alumni Association's annual homecoming and golden anniversary celebration earlier this month.

This extended holiday weekend, chances are you will be more concerned with what to grill than what to stash away for a hurricane.

TriCounty Telecom held its annual meeting of members of Tri-County Telephone Membership Corporation on May 10 at Northside High School.

The next time you are in downtown Belhaven or anywhere nearby, you might want to take a detour to feast on the legendary beef sandwich offered at Farm Boys Restaurant.

Potential beauty queens between 4 and 18 years old are invited to vie for crowns during pageants to be held in conjunction with the 70th-annual Belhaven July 4 festivities.

People are not born winners or losers. People are born choosers. If people hold onto their dreams, cultivate the dream-makers and avoid the dream-takers, people can do whatever they choose to do in life.

Every week millions of people sit down in front of the tube to watch reality shows like "The Voice," "American Idol," "The X-factor," to name a few.

According to Belhaven Police Chief F.P. Clingenpeel, Donnie Blount Sr., 56, of 1003 Pamlico Street, faces multiple charges for an incident that occurred at the Wilco-Hess station on Main Street in Belhaven on Sunday evening.

Police are looking for a man who they say walked into a local convenience store and tried to kill his estranged girlfriend in front of ten customers.

An advisory against swimming was posted Wednesday at a sound-side site in Beaufort County where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed state and the Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality standards.

A swim advisory has been issued for two popular beach access spots, one in Beaufort County and the other in Dare County.

They are four parts, divided. On their own, their voices are melodic and rich. Together, they are a seamless blend of sound, a melody surrounded by three-part harmony that, through song, recreates the days of yore.

The Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 60th anniversary and honored two area business owners and the Town of Belhaven at its annual awards banquet April 19.